Welcome to Anthropology

Anthropology brings a global perspective to the study of human diversity by means of in-depth research at the local level and comparative studies that explore human experience through time and across space. At Syracuse, we embrace a holistic approach
to anthropology through teaching and research in archaeological, biological, cultural, and linguistic anthropology.

The Anthropology Department is within the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. The college encourages faculty and students to become engaged in scholarship for the public good and to seek out and address solutions to past, present and future
human problems locally and globally. This objective is consistent to the central concerns of all of the subfields of anthropology.

Mona Bhan, associate professor of anthropology and Ford-Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies, was interviewed by several media outlets regarding India's revocation of Articles 370 and 35A and what it means for the future of Kashmir. "I expect massive resistance," Bhan told China Global Television Network (CGTN).

On Friday, 10 May 2019 the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs held its convocation at Hendricks Chapel. Jocelyn Killmer received her Ph.D. degree, other candidates, not present, receiving degrees were Retika Desai, Ph.D., Steven Johnson Ph.D., and Christopher